wait till after 1.20 is my recommendation if you ar able to wait it out. i recently re-started (i wanted to wait myself, but couldnt resist temptation and i had no other game to play) and the game is pretty much the same as i left it about one month after release. the only thing you´ll notice tat hav changed is new normal quests an icon, party bonus, faster leveling and perhaps a little bit less lag. lag is still very noticable an a killing faktor.

surplus is annoying as well. you will hit it in one-two days at around rank 19-20 if you do some behests and all your guild leves with many stars. you´ll get by to rank 24-25 but after tat it is so worthlessly slow xping you want to pain yourself.

dont come now.